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they should engage directly with ukraine and have international observers go in from the united nations, institutions to which they belong and they are leading members and they can participate in those missions. we're working with the international community to build those efforts and russia face as clear choice whether to go with that or to continue don the path it is on. >> i want to get your response on the show, the republican chairman for house foreign affairs committee, ed royce says he fears the accommodation that the obama administration and president obama has made when it comes to putin, when it comes to russia and missile defense, it has been ininterpreted as weakness. earlier garry kasparov said that as soon as obama did not follow through on the threat to use force when it came to syria, he was worried something like this might happen with putin. what do you say to critics who say that it is president obama who has projected weakness leading to a moment like this. >> first of all, i heard your interview with chairman royce and virtually everything you suggested we are doing
they should engage directly with ukraine and have international observers go in from the united nations, institutions to which they belong and they are leading members and they can participate in those missions. we're working with the international community to build those efforts and russia face as clear choice whether to go with that or to continue don the path it is on. >> i want to get your response on the show, the republican chairman for house foreign affairs committee, ed royce...
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they don't have a mandate to foreignt ukraine's policies and internal policies. especially deciding ukraine's future. a few words about the markets. know,ards markets, you even before nervous the events in ukraine. even before the situation escalated. due to the steps taken by the fed in the u.s. they madeed that investments into the u.s. economy attractive. people started withdrawing money from developing economies and moving their money to the u.s. economy. this is a general trend. russia, but also india suffered. this is the fundamental and underlying reason. ukraine,rds to politics always has some effects on the markets. money likes calm. i think this is a temporary thing. next question. expect such a tough response to russia's actions from your western partners? would you give some details with -- of your phone conversations with your western partners? and will the g-8 take place in sochi? it takes place, and our phone conversations are confidential. sometimes we even talk on secret lines. i cannot tell you what we said with our partners. how we discussed. i
they don't have a mandate to foreignt ukraine's policies and internal policies. especially deciding ukraine's future. a few words about the markets. know,ards markets, you even before nervous the events in ukraine. even before the situation escalated. due to the steps taken by the fed in the u.s. they madeed that investments into the u.s. economy attractive. people started withdrawing money from developing economies and moving their money to the u.s. economy. this is a general trend. russia,...
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put in international monitors in the ukraine. and while they are talking about this, spider, there is still this situation on the ground in crimea. we have been looking at pictures over the last 24, 48 hours of troops. these russian troops we assume. these people in green uniforms, vladimir putin denies they're russian. everybody else on planet earth thinks they're russian right now. we saw shots fired in the air right now. it seems to me, as calm as it's been, relatively speaking, we are one miscalculation away from it spiralling out of control. >> john, good point. any time any good soldier acts to provide a warning shot, which is how these were described, you've already had a breakdown of discipline. any time anybody is willing to take a weapon off save and put a finger on a trigger, all it is a matter of adjusting your aim. and now you have an international incident that gets well beyond where we are right now. so truly, these troops on the ground are conventional forces. i would imagine they're not special operations forces.
put in international monitors in the ukraine. and while they are talking about this, spider, there is still this situation on the ground in crimea. we have been looking at pictures over the last 24, 48 hours of troops. these russian troops we assume. these people in green uniforms, vladimir putin denies they're russian. everybody else on planet earth thinks they're russian right now. we saw shots fired in the air right now. it seems to me, as calm as it's been, relatively speaking, we are one...
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it can not only permit, but must encourage international monitors to deploy throughout ukraine. these are the people who could actually identify legitimate threats. and we're asking, together with the government of ukraine, together with european community, for large numbers of observers to be able to come in here and monitor the situation, and be the arbitrators of truth versus fiction. russia could return its troops to the barracks, live by the 1997 agreement and deescalate rather than expand their invasion. we would prefer that. i come here today at the instruction of president obama to make it absolutely clear that the united states of america would prefer to see this deescalated. we would prefer to see this managed through the structures of legal institutions, international institutions that we worked many years in order to be able to deal with this kind of crisis. but if russia does not choose to deescalate, if it is not willing to work directly with the government of ukraine, as we hope they will be, then our partners will have absolutely no choice but to join us to conti
it can not only permit, but must encourage international monitors to deploy throughout ukraine. these are the people who could actually identify legitimate threats. and we're asking, together with the government of ukraine, together with european community, for large numbers of observers to be able to come in here and monitor the situation, and be the arbitrators of truth versus fiction. russia could return its troops to the barracks, live by the 1997 agreement and deescalate rather than expand...
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it's not letting anybody consisting mostly of violating international will pass. the use of military force. there's no need for that at the moment. putin says russia is ok to intervene in ukraine but he also added that moss was concerned by me and after visiting polity. how does the sun and the other to form the main thing to mention getting inked with misleading reports of a russian guy about. the wesley bb gun gives us every team but they're not so much stuff on the findings as to the eu when he was thought to be a few quests will bail out forcing them into the tombs of austerity and nine. yes it will cost me ninety eight in moscow you watching the interaction with me about one three. most hostile rhetoric into was russia's role in the ukrainian crisis is coming from washington present obama has again sent to moscow for as he claimed knock of ninety nine cents on hold. the us secretary of state echoed that sentiment by accusing russia of aggression. i just wana put the nail was uploading the speeches. the war of words against russia went into overdrive tuesday a
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interest of the people of the ukraine and international community but also in russia's interest. >> president obama only moments ago warning there will be costs of any military intervention in the ukraine. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we're continuing with the breaking news coverage. joining me now is senator john mccain. senator, you've been watching this situation unfold very, very closely. to me it sort of has echos of the battle days of the cold war but i'm anxious to get your assessment. >> i think it certainly adds those echos as far as vladimir putin is concerned. all of his actions for years have indicated his desire to rebuild the russian empire, the so-called near abroad balance particulars invasion of georgia, mald maldova. it's clear that maybe the president has been naive about vladimir putin and his ambitions and we're seeing the commitment, an absolute belief that ukraine is part of russia and he's not going to let it go and that is something we are going to have to understand in ou
interest of the people of the ukraine and international community but also in russia's interest. >> president obama only moments ago warning there will be costs of any military intervention in the ukraine. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we're continuing with the breaking news coverage. joining me now is senator john mccain. senator, you've been watching this situation unfold very, very closely....
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why is it that -- why did there have to be such crude interventions in the internal sovereignty of ukraine? and they are another question to be asked. during the crisis, reacting to these protests the president yanukovych -- and i don't want to condone his actions. many things could be said. i'll just repeat the facts. that the leader of the opposition, mr. yatsenyuk was offered the p.m. why not accept that proposal? why continue to rachet up the situation in he could have created a government, mr. yatsenyuk, if he wanted to sign an agreement on association with the e.u. he could have. then he would have been responsible for the catastrophic consequences, economic consequences for the country if he signed that agreement. and then in 2015 there will be presidential elections in ukraine. and if the people don't like the opposition to mr. yanukovych, then let them elect another one. that happened in ukraine before they did that. and yanukovych lost elections, other presidents came in in ukraine. so why continue to whip up the situation? and why some of our western colleagues, are they trying
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ukraine's in the police force. after weeks of deadly clashes in the capital kiev on the orders of the ministry of internal affairs to protect government buildings from riot is. and then it's on you more. ukraine's new authorities would equate to disband thousand strong anti riot units two little pieces would need to come to the meal in western ukraine and beg for forgiveness biomedical counted came pelting them with optics the country's anti needed to remain distant place in his internet page that the bad guys finished the new muster the political will from the conference. there are many among us to sacrifice the health and lies to protect citizens. after twenty two years of service the gesture was so like garbage. it's painful the two new nieces spent two decades and the ukrainian police. he says the ban could see mickey and it was simply unprepared to nissan's pay taxes while trying to carry out the dt. on friday during his press briefing in the shire president ian are called hdd apologize for that a well equippe
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there's an internal conflict inside ukraine, or just pro-yanukovych in a corrupt crony istic system. the crack down on yanukovych and the killing of a lot of people and as those protests escalated, he fled the country. nothing like that happened in georgia. what you had was a soldly pro-western government, put in place significant democratic reforms, economic reforms and was really doing quite well. and russia had, through u.n. mandate because of past conflicts, the right to put peace keepers into these two regions in georgia. what russia then did was take advantage of that ability under the u.n. to significantly reinforce its presence and effectively break away those territories from georgia. there was a deplacing, that was stopped by a lot of deliberate resolve from the united states from the european union. >> in terms of crimea and the ukraine and what the international community can do here to apply pressure, to really make a difference, there is to be this nato meeting tomorrow. what can nato do at this point? >> i think there's an awful lot that can and should be done. not jus
there's an internal conflict inside ukraine, or just pro-yanukovych in a corrupt crony istic system. the crack down on yanukovych and the killing of a lot of people and as those protests escalated, he fled the country. nothing like that happened in georgia. what you had was a soldly pro-western government, put in place significant democratic reforms, economic reforms and was really doing quite well. and russia had, through u.n. mandate because of past conflicts, the right to put peace keepers...
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i just heard a discourse which is of interference within the internal affairs of ukraine. and so i -- everything that russia has just said is interference in the internal affairs of the ukraine. secondly, the presenter of russia says that the russian armed forces, the decision for them to enter ukraine has not yet been prevented. ha everyone knows the russian army is controlling crimea. this is a fact. there's no need to enter ukraine. they were already there. the russia is currently occupying ukraine. this is a fact. international television says russian soldiers are not hiding the fact that they're occupying ukraine and surrounding the basis of the ukrainian army. currently, there's a a long-standing habit of always dealing with his opponent as a nazi before getting rid of him. this is something that the soviets would do. but, no, all of the demonstrators in kiev, not all of them are nazis and the immense majority, they are not members of the far right or nationalist radicals. and if you want the evidence of this, it's quite simple -- elections may take place on may 25 u
i just heard a discourse which is of interference within the internal affairs of ukraine. and so i -- everything that russia has just said is interference in the internal affairs of the ukraine. secondly, the presenter of russia says that the russian armed forces, the decision for them to enter ukraine has not yet been prevented. ha everyone knows the russian army is controlling crimea. this is a fact. there's no need to enter ukraine. they were already there. the russia is currently occupying...
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center here in moscow this is international with twenty four hours a day and in ukraine force division has pledged allegiance to the crimean people eight hundred personnel and almost fifty warplanes are now under the command of local authorities and that brings the total number of troops have reportedly switch sides in the peninsula to almost six thousand in just two days what is going to. well this is an air force base here in the crimea. in that they have forty five make fighter jets and about eight hundred personnel members and all of them have now swore their allegiance to the crimean authorities becoming an addition to other crimean police military border guards needy emergency services who are have all said that they will not fulfill what they call are illegal orders coming from the self-appointed government of point i thought he's in kiev it's not only about those who were in service before the uprising happens there in kiev. the former chief commander in chief of ukraine's navy fleet who was appointed by the new in kiev after the uprising you know says that the only all orders
center here in moscow this is international with twenty four hours a day and in ukraine force division has pledged allegiance to the crimean people eight hundred personnel and almost fifty warplanes are now under the command of local authorities and that brings the total number of troops have reportedly switch sides in the peninsula to almost six thousand in just two days what is going to. well this is an air force base here in the crimea. in that they have forty five make fighter jets and...
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the situation in ukraine in crimea may pose a threat to the international situation. strongly urge all parties and holders and ukrainian crisis to exercise restraint in order to de-escalate it. but not launching the diversity and the faith including the russian community. given the current situation, we believe more than ever that the united nations has a critical role to play. we hope to find a solution to the ukrainian crisis. as well as efforts are the president of the confederation in its capacity. however, given the complexity and fragility of the situation on the ground, we believe it is important to harmonize all efforts. we therefore reiterate our proposal to establish this by the secretary-general and composed of the united nations, european union, the osce and the russian federation. we believe only efforts by the main stakeholders in the respect to the unity and ukraine while considering interest of the russian federation. it would provide a lasting solution to this crisis. all international actors have learned lessons from this and its consequences. this i
the situation in ukraine in crimea may pose a threat to the international situation. strongly urge all parties and holders and ukrainian crisis to exercise restraint in order to de-escalate it. but not launching the diversity and the faith including the russian community. given the current situation, we believe more than ever that the united nations has a critical role to play. we hope to find a solution to the ukrainian crisis. as well as efforts are the president of the confederation in its...
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interest of the people of ukraine and the international community, but also in russia's interest. however, we're now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russia has a historical relationship with ukraine, including cultural and economic ties and a military facility in crimea. it would represent a profound interference in matters that must be determined by the ukranian people. a clear violation of russia's commitment to respect the sovereignty and borders of ukraine and of international laws. just days after the world came to russia for the olympic games it would be invite the condemnation of nations around the world. the united states will stand in the international community affirming that will costs of any invasion of ukraine. the events remind us of how democracy can be. human beings have a universal right to determine their own future. right now, the situation remains very fluid. vice president biden just spoke with prime minister -- the prime min sister of you yan, in this difficult moment, the united states supp
interest of the people of ukraine and the international community, but also in russia's interest. however, we're now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russia has a historical relationship with ukraine, including cultural and economic ties and a military facility in crimea. it would represent a profound interference in matters that must be determined by the ukranian people. a clear violation of russia's commitment to respect the...
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russia is openly defying international calls to stand down in ukraine's disputed peninsula. after taking full control yesterday, the nato secretary general said the invasion threatens people and security in europe. hundreds of thousands of protesters take to the streets in kiev. you can hear the cheers as ukraine's prime minister mobilizes the country's military, urging president putin to pull back his troops. there is no sign of that. good morning, everyone. great to have you here in america's news headquarters. >> ukraine calls russia's invasion a declaration of war. this is the u.s. all urging russia to end the blockade and pull out. there seems to be very little at this point. any leader can change the mind of vladimir putin and end the growing crisis that echoes the soviet invasion of the cold war. live via skype on the peninsula, jessica, what is the latest for you on the ukrainian base that has been taken over? >> reporter: we are hearing that is correct. one of the ukraine's infantry bases was surrounded by hundreds of russian troop this is morning. they captured the
russia is openly defying international calls to stand down in ukraine's disputed peninsula. after taking full control yesterday, the nato secretary general said the invasion threatens people and security in europe. hundreds of thousands of protesters take to the streets in kiev. you can hear the cheers as ukraine's prime minister mobilizes the country's military, urging president putin to pull back his troops. there is no sign of that. good morning, everyone. great to have you here in america's...
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permit, but must encourage international monitors to deploy throughout the ukraine. these are the people that can actually identify legitimate threats. and we are asking together with the government of the ukraine, together with the european communities, for large numbers of observers to be able to come in here, and monitor the situation, and be the arbiters of truth versus fiction. they wanted to help de-escalate the situation, could return their troops to the 1990 --, live by the 1997 base agreement and de-escalate rather than expand their invasion. we would prefer that and i come in today at the instruction of president obama to make it absolutely clear, the united states of america would prefer to see this be escalated -- be calated,d -- dees through international institutions that we have worked many years -- in order to deal with this kind of crisis. but if russia does not choose to alate, if they will not work with the government of the ukraine as we hoped they will be, our partners will have no choice but to join us and expand upon the steps we have taken in
permit, but must encourage international monitors to deploy throughout the ukraine. these are the people that can actually identify legitimate threats. and we are asking together with the government of the ukraine, together with the european communities, for large numbers of observers to be able to come in here, and monitor the situation, and be the arbiters of truth versus fiction. they wanted to help de-escalate the situation, could return their troops to the 1990 --, live by the 1997 base...
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it would be the respect of independence and borders of ukraine and of international laws. just days after the world came to russia for the olympic games, it would invite the condem condn of nations around the world, and we will stand with the international community confirming ther there will be cs of military intervention in ukraine. the events in the last several months remind us of how difficult democracy can be. but the ukrainian people have also reminded us that human beings have an universal right to determine their own future. right now the situation remains very fluid. the vice president biden just spoke with the prime minister of ukraine to assure him at this difficult type the united states supports his government's efforts and stands for sovereignty, integrity and democratic future of ukraine. i also commend the ukrainian government restraint and it's commitment tossup hold international, and we'll keep all of you in the press corp and the american people informed as events develop. thanks very much. >> from the white house president barack obama speaking live u
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. >> reporter: president obama says there is a quote strong believe russia's action in -- ukraine violate international law. >> i don't think that's fooling anybody. >> reporter: earlier russian soldiers firing warning shots as unarmed ukrainian troops marches toward them. >> what's happening there is not based on actually concern for russian nationals or russian speakers inside of ukraine but is based on russia seeking through force to exert influence on a neighboring country. >> president obama speaking as sec it aof stair john kerry is in kiev for those killed. and calling for russia to deescalate the situation. >> if it's not willing to work protect i will with the government of ukraine, then our partners will have absolutely no choice but to join us to continue to expand upon steps we have taken in recent days in order to isolate russia politically, and economicically. >> reporter: president obama and secretary kerry's word come after all proposed aid package. a 1 billion-dollar loan guarantee to help the struggle economy. >>> wall street rallied today as investors sensed an easing t
. >> reporter: president obama says there is a quote strong believe russia's action in -- ukraine violate international law. >> i don't think that's fooling anybody. >> reporter: earlier russian soldiers firing warning shots as unarmed ukrainian troops marches toward them. >> what's happening there is not based on actually concern for russian nationals or russian speakers inside of ukraine but is based on russia seeking through force to exert influence on a neighboring...
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and people of ukraine. the proposed referendum on the future would violate the constitution. and violated international law. with the participation of the international community. in cry mia, provided it abides bits agreements and respects the sovereign city and territorial integrity. and the world should support the people of ukraine as they move to elections in may. that's the path, and secretary kerry is engaged in discussions with all of the relevant parties including russia and ukraine, to pursue that path. but if this violation of international law continues, the result of the united states and our allies and the international community will remain firm. meanwhile, we have taken steps to reaffirm our commitment to the security in year europe, and to support the people of ukraine. one last point, there's been a lot of talk about these issues today once again, i am calling on congress to follow up on these words with action. specifically to support the imf's resources to ukraine, and to provide american
and people of ukraine. the proposed referendum on the future would violate the constitution. and violated international law. with the participation of the international community. in cry mia, provided it abides bits agreements and respects the sovereign city and territorial integrity. and the world should support the people of ukraine as they move to elections in may. that's the path, and secretary kerry is engaged in discussions with all of the relevant parties including russia and ukraine, to...
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and we are also calling for international monitors all cross ukraine to monitor the situation. we'll bring in colonel ralph peters, you heard the president, ralph, what do you think of those suggestions? >> you know the cliche jaw- dropping. my mouth opened when i heard the president's excursion in fantasy. >> why, what is the problem? >> the notion of denying visa to russia bureaucrats will change putin's mind? he doesn't care if they can't dock their yacht in miami. it is not happening and not going to happen. ally, show me one instance where putin has backed down. putin has no reverse gear? unless putin hits a wall he doesn't stop and no one is willing to erect the wall. >> what would make him reconsider and what does a wall look like? >> obama renouncing his precious arms reduction treaty and that would get putin's attention and kill the star treaty and offer a significant military preps to baltic and poland and u.s. anti- mussil cruisers in the baltic sea on a paerm nept basis. putin establishes facts on the ground. the vote begging to be allowed to join russia is a done d
and we are also calling for international monitors all cross ukraine to monitor the situation. we'll bring in colonel ralph peters, you heard the president, ralph, what do you think of those suggestions? >> you know the cliche jaw- dropping. my mouth opened when i heard the president's excursion in fantasy. >> why, what is the problem? >> the notion of denying visa to russia bureaucrats will change putin's mind? he doesn't care if they can't dock their yacht in miami. it is...
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ukraine. international observers kicked out. >> a high-stakes chess match and few are certain how it will end. u.s. has played a lead role in trying to stave off an all-out war. back home, debate over how far we are willing to go. >> would you support dividing arms to the ukraine? >> that would be a presidential decision. >> we spoke with tim kaine after the decision to increase joint exercises in poland. services andarmed foreign relations committee relations committee. if there was talk about military intervention there, we would know. >> instead he said sanctions could do the trick but work best when other countries back them and few are stepping up. -- he is running a government where if you are an opponent, rock and he does not like, you go to jail. a country who does something he does not like, he engages in military activity. there is not reasoning with him. >> the secretary john kerry was able -- unable to get both sides to the targeting table. >> all parties agreed today it is importa
ukraine. international observers kicked out. >> a high-stakes chess match and few are certain how it will end. u.s. has played a lead role in trying to stave off an all-out war. back home, debate over how far we are willing to go. >> would you support dividing arms to the ukraine? >> that would be a presidential decision. >> we spoke with tim kaine after the decision to increase joint exercises in poland. services andarmed foreign relations committee relations committee....
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which is not only in the interest of the people of ukraine and the international community, but also in russia's interests. however, we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russia has a historic relationship with ukraine, including cultural and economic ties and a military facility in crimea. but any violation of ukraine's sovereignty would be deeply destabilizing, which is not in the interest of ukraine, russia, or europe. it would represent a profound interference in matters that must be determined by the ukrainian people. it would be a clear violation of russia's commitment to respect the independence and sovereignty and borders of ukraine and of international loss. and just days after the world came to russia for the olympic games, it would invite the condemnation of nations around the world, and indeed, the united states will stand with the international community in affirming there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. the events in the past several months remind us of how difficult democr
which is not only in the interest of the people of ukraine and the international community, but also in russia's interests. however, we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russia has a historic relationship with ukraine, including cultural and economic ties and a military facility in crimea. but any violation of ukraine's sovereignty would be deeply destabilizing, which is not in the interest of ukraine, russia, or europe....
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only in the interests of people of ukraine and international community but also in russia's interests. however we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russia has historic relationship with ukraine, including cultural and economic ties and a military facility in crimea, but any violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be deeply destablizing which is not in the interests of ukraine, russia or europe. it would represent a profound interference in matters that must be determined by the ukraineian people. it would be a clear violation of russia's commitment to respect the independence and sovereignty and borders of ukraine and of international laws. and just days after the world came to russia for the olympic games it would invite the condemnation of nations around the world. and indeed the united states will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. the events of the past several months remind us of how difficult dem
only in the interests of people of ukraine and international community but also in russia's interests. however we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russia has historic relationship with ukraine, including cultural and economic ties and a military facility in crimea, but any violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be deeply destablizing which is not in the interests of ukraine, russia or europe....
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well for more on the situation in ukraine and the international reaction i still have with me international relations expert mark sloboda events really unfolding very very quickly there in crimea and throughout the rest of ukraine you've been monitoring developments online but what have you been finding out well i think of particular interest right now is an appeal by the right sector leader dimitri the right sector is this a group of extreme violence ultra nationalists a well trained and disciplined paramilitary that is reportedly financed by the ukrainian oligarchy. for shango. right now dimitri has been given a position of the deputy. the deputy to the security and defense council within this putsch regime he has spoken of this before but he just made an appeal online on his vote contact your account which is a social it's a social network a russian equivalent of facebook where he appealed to the forces of the caucasus emirate this violent. jihad movement led by doku umarov which presented a possible security threat to the sochi olympics games he just appealed to them for a joint front w
well for more on the situation in ukraine and the international reaction i still have with me international relations expert mark sloboda events really unfolding very very quickly there in crimea and throughout the rest of ukraine you've been monitoring developments online but what have you been finding out well i think of particular interest right now is an appeal by the right sector leader dimitri the right sector is this a group of extreme violence ultra nationalists a well trained and...
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we begin with a crisis in ukraine. moscow is trying to hold on to ties with ukraine. russian president vladimir putin ordered his deposit to discuss possible financial aid for ukraine with international partners, and is asking the government to consider humanitarian aid. the south is seeing backlash to the new ukrainian government. there has been a wave of protests and reports that gunmen in russian-marked uniforms seized the main airport. this was taken at the airport, a dark image of men in helmets. 50 armed men were there. earlier another group of pro-russian gunmen took control. lawrence lee takes a look at the rising tensions in crimea. >> there's attempts made to turn the crimea capital into a kiev, but in reverse. the parliament building in the hands of dozens of heavily armed men, protecting it from what they see as undemocratic forces. the support is not so many, but eager to tell you that they'd like nothing more than russian tanks on the streets to protect them them. >> the american army was supported in different countries. we support russian army because
we begin with a crisis in ukraine. moscow is trying to hold on to ties with ukraine. russian president vladimir putin ordered his deposit to discuss possible financial aid for ukraine with international partners, and is asking the government to consider humanitarian aid. the south is seeing backlash to the new ukrainian government. there has been a wave of protests and reports that gunmen in russian-marked uniforms seized the main airport. this was taken at the airport, a dark image of men in...
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today as international pressure grows for russia to withdraw its troops. secretary of state john kerry arrived this morning to support ukraine's new government. the administration is also promising a $1 billion aid package. but the defiance from the kremlin has not eased. craig boswell on vladimir putin's latest challenge. >> reporter: russian soldiers fired warning shots. then stood face-to-face with unarmed ukrainian troops at an airfield in crimea. they were demanding the russians vacate the air base. to show u.s. support for ukraine's new government. >> the united states reaffirms our commitment to ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. according to international law, we condemn the russian federation's act of aggression. >> reporter: russia is under pressure to pull thousands of troops from southern ukraine. a region with many ethnic russians and considerable strategic advantages for russia's military. [ speaking foreign language ] in his first extended comments since russian troops seized crimea. president vladimir putin called the recent u
today as international pressure grows for russia to withdraw its troops. secretary of state john kerry arrived this morning to support ukraine's new government. the administration is also promising a $1 billion aid package. but the defiance from the kremlin has not eased. craig boswell on vladimir putin's latest challenge. >> reporter: russian soldiers fired warning shots. then stood face-to-face with unarmed ukrainian troops at an airfield in crimea. they were demanding the russians...
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stay with us the international for northern ukraine's ousted president to make to get a coach on the statement has released in the past hour more details and a couple of. the transit routes of a new people report your best way to the heart of moscow. right to see. the first strike. and i would think that your. own army would. be in the. back to this hour's breaking news story ukraine's ousted president in the says he's still the country's legitimate leader in statements released in the past hour and has also asked russia for protection from extremists and his now wanted in ukraine where the news accuse him alas mada that's here again from international relations expert about his hair with me in this chair dear so moch also your thoughts on this latest statement from the president here to college well this is a quite extraordinary statement after several days of basically being incommunicado . while technically still the having rights as the president of the ukraine after being driven out by this putsch in kiev he's released a rather powerful statement. making the legitimate claim tha
stay with us the international for northern ukraine's ousted president to make to get a coach on the statement has released in the past hour more details and a couple of. the transit routes of a new people report your best way to the heart of moscow. right to see. the first strike. and i would think that your. own army would. be in the. back to this hour's breaking news story ukraine's ousted president in the says he's still the country's legitimate leader in statements released in the past...
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we call on ukraine's foreign partners to abide by international law. during the discussions we were reminded of the obligations to observe multilateral agreements by all parties, including 1994 budapest memorandum on ukraine in ukraine and russian agreement of 1997. we reiterated the obligation of all member states to refrain in international relations from threats or the use of force against territorial integrity, political independence of any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the u.n. >> [inaudible] was there anyone that did not recognize the actual government of ukraine? >> individual member states who have various opinions will express these opinions. i will not speak on behalf of individual member states. . >> will this require security council action or otherwise? >> we just heard a proposal. it has been put on the table. >> the ukrainian ambassador talked about whether the russian military airplanes across the borders, did they carry troops? what options is the security council considering to ease the unrest in the region? >> the ukrainia
we call on ukraine's foreign partners to abide by international law. during the discussions we were reminded of the obligations to observe multilateral agreements by all parties, including 1994 budapest memorandum on ukraine in ukraine and russian agreement of 1997. we reiterated the obligation of all member states to refrain in international relations from threats or the use of force against territorial integrity, political independence of any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the u.n....
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russia or is ukraine's internal enemy and while there exists a russian empire in any form they cannot be any real true national independent ukraine in people right sector the militant arm of them i don has taken over two floors in kiev's central hotel artie's crew caught them breaking into not by the room remember their attention don't create problems for yourself we know you're inside there get out with your arms in the air this is a simple check of identification we will get inside one way or the other don't be afraid and this in a town of a lot of fun called sc the tree draped with hanging nooses and to sign that reads traitors of ukraine there's some specified who the traders are and today's ukraine many can fit the bill former officials police russians jews anyone associated with the former ruling party of the regions instilling fear is now a tactic for those who claimed to be peacefully demonstrating for democratic reforms in a ghost go. on are reminded of the key development on ukraine the russian senate says have unanimously decided to allow the president to deploy troops to s
russia or is ukraine's internal enemy and while there exists a russian empire in any form they cannot be any real true national independent ukraine in people right sector the militant arm of them i don has taken over two floors in kiev's central hotel artie's crew caught them breaking into not by the room remember their attention don't create problems for yourself we know you're inside there get out with your arms in the air this is a simple check of identification we will get inside one way or...
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of international law and to support the people and government of ukraine. this morning i signed an executive order that authorizes sanctions on individuals and enemies responsible for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the ukraine, or for stealing the assets of the ukrainian people. according to my guidance the state department has also put in place restrictions on the travel of certain individuals and officials. these decisions continue our efforts to impose a cost on russia. and those responsible for the situation in crimea. and they also give us the flexibility to adjust our response going forward based on russia's actions. we took these steps in close coordination with our european allies. i've spoken to several of our closest friends around the world. and i'm pleased that our international unity is on display at this important moment. already we've moved together to announce substantial assistance for the government in kiev. and today in brussels our allies took similar steps to impose costs on russia. i am confident that we are mov
of international law and to support the people and government of ukraine. this morning i signed an executive order that authorizes sanctions on individuals and enemies responsible for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the ukraine, or for stealing the assets of the ukrainian people. according to my guidance the state department has also put in place restrictions on the travel of certain individuals and officials. these decisions continue our efforts to impose a cost on...
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and of international law. just days after the world came to russia for the olympic games, condemnationte the of nations around the world, and indeed, the united states will stand with the international community in affirming there will be costs or any military intervention in ukraine. said any's ambassador military movement his country is making is in keeping with moscow's existing agreements with ukraine. >> crimea's main connection to theoutside world today in hands of men with machine guns. they wore no insignia, but their military fatigues were russian designed. there weapons were russian standard issue. the armed men in green military uniforms have taken over the buildings containing the control crimea's main civilian airport. >> local activists say the troops were there. welcome insm is not ukraine. this is our slogan. >> the extraordinary military movements went on all day. the new government in kiev maintained russian attack helicopters had violated airspace. armored personnel carriers appeared on the
and of international law. just days after the world came to russia for the olympic games, condemnationte the of nations around the world, and indeed, the united states will stand with the international community in affirming there will be costs or any military intervention in ukraine. said any's ambassador military movement his country is making is in keeping with moscow's existing agreements with ukraine. >> crimea's main connection to theoutside world today in hands of men with machine...
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and of international laws. just days after the world came to russia for the look at games, it would invite the condemnation of nations around the world. indeed, the united states will stand with the international community in affirming there will be costs for being military intervention to ukraine. haveast several months reminded us how democracy can be difficult. the grading people of also reminded us that human beings have a universal right to determine their own future. right now the situation remains very fluid, vice president biden just spoke with prime minister of ukraine to assure him that in this difficult moment the united states supports his efforts and stands for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and democratic future of your grade. i also commend the ukrainian government's restraint, and its commitment to uphold its international obligations. we will continue to coordinate closely with our european allies, we will continue to communicate directly with the russian government, and we will contin
and of international laws. just days after the world came to russia for the look at games, it would invite the condemnation of nations around the world. indeed, the united states will stand with the international community in affirming there will be costs for being military intervention to ukraine. haveast several months reminded us how democracy can be difficult. the grading people of also reminded us that human beings have a universal right to determine their own future. right now the...
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shall not interfere in the internal affairs of ukraine. what part of that agreement justifies the military action that we have seen russia taking in the crimea? my russian colleague has said just now that the russian federation is not against the a monitoring mission. can he confirm that the russian federation accepts the deployment in the next few days of such a mission? >> i think the representative of the united kingdom for his statement. do i hear any further requests? the russian federation has the floor. ami cannot talk about osc, i not talking about osce. their functions. we support his mission. the osce, that one has to be discussed. support what he said. there is too much disinformation going on, too much, too many statements. statements that are not realistic. f -- much of what the english colleague said about what is going on in crimea is not in line with reality. thank you. >> i think they're representative of the russian federation for his statement. the representative ukraine has asked for the floor to make a further statemen
shall not interfere in the internal affairs of ukraine. what part of that agreement justifies the military action that we have seen russia taking in the crimea? my russian colleague has said just now that the russian federation is not against the a monitoring mission. can he confirm that the russian federation accepts the deployment in the next few days of such a mission? >> i think the representative of the united kingdom for his statement. do i hear any further requests? the russian...
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community to address their concerns about the safety of russian citizens in ukraine. let's give russia the chance to make this better and deliver a clear message of consequences if they don't. this of course can't happen without the support of our european allies and as chairman of the foreign relations committee son europe i'll be on the phone this week with european parliamentarians urging them to join us in proposing new sanctions on the russian economy. i know there is hesitance in europe due to the integration of russia into the european economies, but this crisis should frankly matter more to europe than it matters to us. five years ago, it was a laughable proposition that russia would invade ukraine, but it's happening now, and it may be unthinkable today that russia in five years is going to move on a nato ally, but if this aggression goes unchecked, then the future can be very perilous, even for our friends in europe. finally, a word on the politics of this crisis. i've listened to some of my good friends on the republican side try to score political points i
community to address their concerns about the safety of russian citizens in ukraine. let's give russia the chance to make this better and deliver a clear message of consequences if they don't. this of course can't happen without the support of our european allies and as chairman of the foreign relations committee son europe i'll be on the phone this week with european parliamentarians urging them to join us in proposing new sanctions on the russian economy. i know there is hesitance in europe...
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the leader of ukraine's far right group called international terrorist. the man responsible for terror attacks across russia. against moscow. russia's federation council wants to recall it to the u.s. after threatening words from president obama. this is r.t. international with twenty four hours a day and we continue with breaking news and that is that russia's upper house of parliament has voted unanimously to approve the deployment of forces in ukraine until the situation there stabilizes president putin huddles the senators to support the move. because of the extraordinary situation in ukraine which represents a threat to the lives of russian citizens our compatriots and the contingent of russian armed forces located in the autonomous republic of crimea according to an international treaty stated in the constitution of the russian federation i asked the upper house of parliament for permission to use armed forces new crane until the situation there is stabilized well audi's arena has been following moscow's reaction to events in crimea and the decision
the leader of ukraine's far right group called international terrorist. the man responsible for terror attacks across russia. against moscow. russia's federation council wants to recall it to the u.s. after threatening words from president obama. this is r.t. international with twenty four hours a day and we continue with breaking news and that is that russia's upper house of parliament has voted unanimously to approve the deployment of forces in ukraine until the situation there stabilizes...
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, allow ukraine to be able to run its own internal affairs. where are we with the u.n., with the other international organizations, the e.u.? >> thank you. there is an eu summit that is going on right now to my and we, the president, secretary kerry, have been in close touch with the eu leaders. >> are there steps that have been taken on the executive order? >> they have taken some steps with ukrainian individuals, and they are considering today as we meet here a range of other steps. i believe that the eu leaders understand what is at stake here. >> i understand the executive order goes beyond just ukrainians? the euor, but i believe is considering a range of other steps that you can take. i agree with you, acting as part of a broad international coalition on issues like this is likely to have more significant effect on russian behavior. we will continue to do everything we can working with partners and the eq to make clear that costs not only what russia has already done, but the increasingly significant costs of any further escalation. -- i
, allow ukraine to be able to run its own internal affairs. where are we with the u.n., with the other international organizations, the e.u.? >> thank you. there is an eu summit that is going on right now to my and we, the president, secretary kerry, have been in close touch with the eu leaders. >> are there steps that have been taken on the executive order? >> they have taken some steps with ukrainian individuals, and they are considering today as we meet here a range of...
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international law. was this face and repeatedly backed the self appointed medicine can to ousted president yanukovich the matter of yesterday capital town and has voiced its concerns over the legitimacy of the ukraine government as it was brought upon by radical groups. he believes this cardi in charge of the country incapable of assaulting the sun resulting this crisis or any other issue of state. these foreign affairs council to hold the same opinion this happens man. it's corny on europe to help the self appointed government in kiev and joined in the denunciation of russia's actions will test the city has more first the aim of the a meeting today at the foreign ministers difficult to find common ground that one position in the engaging or dealing in responding to process it is a statement that they had agreed upon that strongly condemned the eco here are a violation of ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. i watched as an act of aggression on the second russia broke international obligations
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and in the middle, ukraine, crimea, and an international tug-of-war. martha raddatz is traveling with the secretary of state. and she is standing by. and abc's chief foreign correspondent, terry moran, is on the story tonight. starting us off with the latest on that crisis in ukraine. >> reporter: at belbek air base here this morning, ukrainian troops, unarmed, marched toward the russian guns. and as they marched, they sang their national anthem. [ singing ] confronting the russians who had seized control of their base, forward under the ukrainian flag they came. the russians yelled, then fired. warning shots. but the first shots fired here. negotiations and the ukrainians withdrew, heads held high. it was a die of high tension. russia testing an icbm. a scheduled launch. but still, a statement. >> mr. kerry, welcome to ukraine. >> thank you. >> reporter: in kiev, the ukrainian capital 500 miles away, secretary of state kerry walked the streets where scores of ukrainians died in protests last month, then praised their revolution. >> what they stood for
and in the middle, ukraine, crimea, and an international tug-of-war. martha raddatz is traveling with the secretary of state. and she is standing by. and abc's chief foreign correspondent, terry moran, is on the story tonight. starting us off with the latest on that crisis in ukraine. >> reporter: at belbek air base here this morning, ukrainian troops, unarmed, marched toward the russian guns. and as they marched, they sang their national anthem. [ singing ] confronting the russians who...
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it can not only permit but must encourage international monitors to deploy throughout ukraine. these are the people that can actually identify legitimate threats and we are asking together with the government of ukraine, together with the european community, for large numbers of observers to be able to come in here and monitor the situation, and be the arbiters of truth versus fiction. russia, if it wanted to help deescalate this situation could return its troops to the barracks, live bit 1997 base agreement and deescalate rather than expand their invasion. we would prefer that. i come here today at the instruction of president obama to make it absolutely clear, the united states of america would prefer to see this deescalated. we would prefer to see this managed through the structures of legal institutions, international institutions that we worked many years in order to be able to deal with this kind of crisis but if russia does not choose to deescalate, if it is not willing to work directly with the government of ukraine as we hope they will be then our partners will have ab
it can not only permit but must encourage international monitors to deploy throughout ukraine. these are the people that can actually identify legitimate threats and we are asking together with the government of ukraine, together with the european community, for large numbers of observers to be able to come in here and monitor the situation, and be the arbiters of truth versus fiction. russia, if it wanted to help deescalate this situation could return its troops to the barracks, live bit 1997...
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about the future of ukraine must include the legitimate government of ukraine. in 2014, we are well beyond the days when borders can be redrawn over the heads of democratic leaders. >> in terms of the stick the president is choosing to wield at this point, the administration announced this morning, visa bans put in place for certain individuals. they will not name exactly who. and the possibility of the authority for the president to impose financial sanctions on individuals and entities seen as undermining the ukrainian government at this point. the stick starting to be employed by the president, but some thing held in reserve as well. rex talk to us about this bead with which this seems to be taking place. as you know from being on the hill most of the time, not a lot of bipartisanship in russia, but this one seems to have both sides of the aisle in agreement. >> to some extent. thehould point out president is acting on his own before congress does anything. what we do see is some bipartisanship over this. the houses voting as we speak to extend loan guarantee
about the future of ukraine must include the legitimate government of ukraine. in 2014, we are well beyond the days when borders can be redrawn over the heads of democratic leaders. >> in terms of the stick the president is choosing to wield at this point, the administration announced this morning, visa bans put in place for certain individuals. they will not name exactly who. and the possibility of the authority for the president to impose financial sanctions on individuals and entities...
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and i'm not even sure that's going to work the ukraine needs a lot of internal reforms economic reforms and other kinds of reforms before it can be a viable economy and i think that. you know the west is really bitten off a lot here and i'm not sure why i mean this is this country is in the russian sphere of influence clearly the west is trying to the e.u. and the united states are trying to pull it out of the russian influence sphere of influence but you know it's ukraine and russia have go back a long time together and of course as i already mentioned as we all know a lot of those areas in the east in the south of ukraine really. should probably be part of russia or independent russian speaking states and not part of the ukraine and i think the first future stability as i say maybe some sort of a partition of ukraine into i'm not sure why that's such a horrible idea to everybody but. you know in the want term i think that may be a good settlement. well time will certainly tell in this situation ivan eland u.s. defense analyst thank you very much thank you stay with us as our to contin
and i'm not even sure that's going to work the ukraine needs a lot of internal reforms economic reforms and other kinds of reforms before it can be a viable economy and i think that. you know the west is really bitten off a lot here and i'm not sure why i mean this is this country is in the russian sphere of influence clearly the west is trying to the e.u. and the united states are trying to pull it out of the russian influence sphere of influence but you know it's ukraine and russia have go...
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they have agreed to deploy international observers to ukraine. the idea here is to ease russia's concerns. also after president putin indicated he was worried about the safety of russians in ukraine, an excuse for an invasion and very few in washington are buying that excuse. >> we don't accept anything that president putin said for the ethnic minority. and the other reasons that the russians have laid out as to why they took the action they did. >> whether that's going to happen, they have a track record of success. they helped seal a last minute deal on syria's chemical weapons. that will bring in the former diplomat from burns. back when you worked for the united states state department, lift the vail for us. what happened inside these high level diplomatic meetings that have been taking place all day today. what can kerry offer him to try to bring the russians to the negotiating table. >> i think this is very difficult. president putin has been holding most of the cards and invaded crimea. secretary kerry will draw on two things. there has be
they have agreed to deploy international observers to ukraine. the idea here is to ease russia's concerns. also after president putin indicated he was worried about the safety of russians in ukraine, an excuse for an invasion and very few in washington are buying that excuse. >> we don't accept anything that president putin said for the ethnic minority. and the other reasons that the russians have laid out as to why they took the action they did. >> whether that's going to happen,...
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and it wants to have a process whereby ukraine's internal politics and its external relations are agreed by everyone who has an interesting. now, this position, of course, is rejected by western europe and the united states on the grounds that it compromises or qualifies in some way ukraine's sovereigncy. but getting to that position without abandoning the point of principal is probably the way through. >> you say putin goes into damage limitation exercises as soon as he's got what he wants. isn't what he wants the crimea here? he's saying that situation is going to resolve itself or is he going to remain there? is there still going to be some level of russian occupation? >> this is the sort of question, whatever the answer, egg on the face in 24 hours' time is a risk. my thought is the goal is not to simply occupy crimea. it's to put a signal that the anti-russian government in ukraine is not tolerable, especially as it came into power without being elected. ukraine is very divided. >> but to say that he doesn't want the crimea region, $50 billion of value wiped off the stock market, co
and it wants to have a process whereby ukraine's internal politics and its external relations are agreed by everyone who has an interesting. now, this position, of course, is rejected by western europe and the united states on the grounds that it compromises or qualifies in some way ukraine's sovereigncy. but getting to that position without abandoning the point of principal is probably the way through. >> you say putin goes into damage limitation exercises as soon as he's got what he...
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how long would it take to generate an international mediation mission, one, to ukraine but also international monitors which the ukranian ambassador requested? >> well, you'd have to have the approval of all the sides. the u.n. as an envoy who was dealing with the middle east. now that he has solved that problem, robert siri, secretary general has him doing ukraine. but he's going to meet the secretary general in geneva. you might have an envoy who goes in to talk to all the parties and you try to set up some type of mediation. to allow monitors to come in. but russia and other -- if they don't agree the u.n. would never want to put monitors in harm's way. we saw what happened in syria last year in the early days. might even have been two years ago when they had to withdraw due to shelling and activity. the u.n. is used to this, but it's never easy. >> thanks very much, richard roth for us there the a the u.n. i want to bring back frederik pleitgen in moscow for us now. apologies, we don't have fred. we'll get him back after this break. but up next i can tell you we will take you to crimea as
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officials are considering contests respond to a request for aid from ukraine's internal government. international finance officials see this move by japan in the us as an attempt to soften the impact on the situation on the world economy. all investors across the world are becoming increasingly worried by mounting tensions between ukraine and russia. losses on wall street falls falls in asia and europe on monday the dow jones industrial average lost on more than nine tenths of a percent to end at sixteen thousand one hundred sixty eight when the outlook on japanese markets let's go to uni in the appetite the stock exchange that feeling when you see at the start of the trading session the morning on downstairs selling shares in the last thing at the opening levels when she is the much fun. he is now down to zero point six nine percent at forty two thousandfive hundred and fifty one and that's after you started this week with a loss of one point eight percent on monday hitting their lowest level in one and half weeks and the broader topix is now lower by zero point seven three percent
officials are considering contests respond to a request for aid from ukraine's internal government. international finance officials see this move by japan in the us as an attempt to soften the impact on the situation on the world economy. all investors across the world are becoming increasingly worried by mounting tensions between ukraine and russia. losses on wall street falls falls in asia and europe on monday the dow jones industrial average lost on more than nine tenths of a percent to end...
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it would be a clear violation of the commitment to the borders of ukraine and international loss. >> president obama spoke with russian president vladimir putin. other administration officials have been in contact with their russian counterparts to urge them to support the stability and success of a united ukraine going forward. some republicans say putin doesn't think much of president obama's words, especially dealing with a strategically important country like ukraine. >> the ukraine is a major country in central europe. it's got nearly 50 million people. it's a big space between nato and russia. it's got enormous economic potential. if it tips back into russia's orbit, the hand writing is on the wall for the other formal republics of the soviet union. the lesson america's weakness is becoming pervasive will spread worldwide. putin holds all the high cards and all we have to offer from president obama is rhetoric. >> john boehner says the obama administration's, quote, acquiesce forced putin to take action. >> we can't stress enough the events in the ukraine are developing at a fr
it would be a clear violation of the commitment to the borders of ukraine and international loss. >> president obama spoke with russian president vladimir putin. other administration officials have been in contact with their russian counterparts to urge them to support the stability and success of a united ukraine going forward. some republicans say putin doesn't think much of president obama's words, especially dealing with a strategically important country like ukraine. >> the...
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send in international monitors. the osce has military observers at the ready. this would pave the way for direct talks between kiev and moscow leading up to those ukrainian elections slated for may 25th. we start with nbc's ian williams in kiev to unpack all of this. ian, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hello. like you, we're waiting to hear from paris. waiting to hear what's been achieved if anything today. i guess the best we can hope for is that at least they've spoken. at least the meeting went on far longer than we thought. now there wasn't a lot of hope here in kiev when the making started. when it became clear that the russians wouldn't sit down with ukraine's own foreign minister who was there. also, just ahead of this meeting, sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister, had flatly denied again that there are any russians troops in crimea. he said, "how can we pull them back? how can we stop an occupation when these are self-defense forces? these are not russian." that really dampened hopes of any meaningful progress. at least they've talked, and at
send in international monitors. the osce has military observers at the ready. this would pave the way for direct talks between kiev and moscow leading up to those ukrainian elections slated for may 25th. we start with nbc's ian williams in kiev to unpack all of this. ian, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hello. like you, we're waiting to hear from paris. waiting to hear what's been achieved if anything today. i guess the best we can hope for is that at least they've spoken. at least the...